System for interchangeable furniture bases with interlock connections
OwnerBilly Joe Griggs, Jr.inventor
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Abstract
A mechanism and method for quickly and easily interchanging various furniture bases with various furniture seats or seat boxes by means of an interlocking connection, such as a multi-part cam assembly. A furniture base can be quickly and easily detached from a particular seat box, and replaced by a different style of furniture base, by means of at least two cam or connector pieces having complimentary interlock mechanisms constructed and arranged to interlock one to another to form a cam or connector. A plurality of interlock mechanisms may be provided, as well as a plurality of positioning elements on respective cam pieces.
Claims13
A system for providing interchangeable furniture, comprising:
- a plurality of furniture bases;
- a plurality of furniture boxes;
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- reversible interlocking connection means for connecting a first one of said plurality of furniture bases with a first one of said plurality of furniture boxes;
- wherein the interlocking connection means connects without tools;
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- further wherein the first one of said plurality of furniture bases can be removed and replaced with any of the remaining plurality of bases in connection with the first one of said plurality of furniture boxes.
A furniture component for ready-to-assemble furniture, comprising:
- a furniture base with a bottom, a right side, and a left side;
- a right side connection element disposed on the right side of the furniture base;
- a left side connection element disposed on the left side of the furniture base;
- two or more cross tubes extending between the right side connection element and the left side connection element, wherein the cross tubes are bent or curved downward toward the bottom of the furniture base.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.